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Building your Sustainable Community

Forth Valley Climate Action Network A workshop for anyone who feels they want to live in a better place, and isn’t sure where to start. Find out about some of the amazing things that are possible when communities work together. Explore your ideas with like-minded people. Leave with a clear next step for making your

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Pond Dipping

The Conservation Volunteers What good is a pond? Come have a look at The Conservation Volunteer’s pond at Balallan House to see what could be hiding below the water and find out how even the smallest pond can help improve biodiversity in your garden and greenspaces!

Saplings & Seeds

TreeLink Stirling & Braehead Community Garden Visit the tree nursery and see the work that TreeLink has been doing to grow trees from seed. Learn how you can contribute by collecting tree seed and growing saplings for the nursery in your own garden. The Nursery will be open to visit from 10 – 12 noon,

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Trees of Riverside

“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” ​There are over two dozen different species of tree species to be seen along the Forth in Riverside and Forthside in addition to the fruit trees in Riverside Community Orchard.  These short guided walks explain why they are important to

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The importance of insects and threats they face

Extinction Rebellion Stirling Street Performance to highlight dramatic declines in global insect numbers and why that’s one of the most important aspects of the climate emergency that must be dealt with now, how are lives are intricately entwined and dependent on insects and what everyone can do about it.

Forest Bathing – Sunday session 2

Highland Quietlife Forest Bathing, or Shinrin-yoku is the practice of immersing yourself in nature; ‘bathing’ in the awesome goodness that trees release into the atmosphere; reaping the benefits from magic little things called ‘phytoncides’ and receiving mental calmness from the fractal patterns, vibrant shades of green and calming blues around us. During a Forest Bathing

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Forest Bathing – Sunday session 1

Highland Quietlife Forest Bathing, or Shinrin-yoku is the practice of immersing yourself in nature; ‘bathing’ in the awesome goodness that trees release into the atmosphere; reaping the benefits from magic little things called ‘phytoncides’ and receiving mental calmness from the fractal patterns, vibrant shades of green and calming blues around us. During a Forest Bathing

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Clyde Climate Forest Talk

Max Hislop, Director of Clyde Climate Forest Trees, woodlands and forests are recognised as essential if we are to address the Climate Crisis by reducing damaging atmospheric emissions and are crucial to assist in a recovery for nature. The Clyde Climate Forest is an ambitious and exciting project which will see 18 million trees planted in

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FILM – Riverwoods: an untold story

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture The salmon need the forest. The forest needs the salmon. And Scotland needs them both. Riverwoods is a spectacular and compelling visual journey that shines a light on the perilous state of Scotland’s salmon and the degraded river catchments we have come to accept as normal. Riverwoods shows how Scotland’s life-rich

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